Saddle mail-bag



(No Model.)

' W. H'. BEAZLEY.

Saddle Mail Bag. No. 239,426. Patented March'29J88l.

Wjinessgs UNITED STATES PATENT .OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. BEAZLEY, OF GENEVA, TEXAS.

SADDLE MAIL-BAG.

i l SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 239,426, dated March 29, 1881. Application filed October 25, 1880. (No model.)

and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the class of mail-bags or saddle-bags for carrying mail or other matter where it is necessary to swim streams to prevent damage to the "contents of the bag from moisture, perspiration, or water and the invention consists in the features of construction and combination hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Figure lis a view, in perspective, of my im-.

proved saddle-bags for carrying maiLmatter and Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are detail views of the same.

A designates a metallic casing of the shape shown, or of any other convenient shape, open at the bottom, and provided with the hasp B,

staple O, and mail-lock D. Within this casing A, I fit a metal pouch, E, in which the mail is to be placed, and the pouch inserted intothe casing and locked therein, and de livered to the mail-carrier.

Provided with this mail-bag the carrier can cause his horse to swim the streams in his route with perfect immunity to the mails, as the air in the box or casing will prevent the water from rising higher than one-fourth of an inch in the outer pouch or casing, though it be entirely submerged.

The device is cheap, simple, and of great value in carrying the mails on the frontiers.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

As an improvement in saddle-bags for carrying the mails, the metal casing A, open at the bottom, and provided with any suitable locking device, in combination with the metal pouch of similar configuration, open at the top and adapted to fit snugly within the casing A, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, WILLIAM H. BEAZLEY.

Witnesses:

J. M. CROSSON, HIRAM BARFIELD. 

